Popular baby names in Idaho, 1985

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1985 were Jessica for girls (236 babies) and Michael for boys (230). Social Security records list 13,231 babies born in Idaho in 1985 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1985

Names given at least 15 times in Idaho that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Hailey: 29 babies, 22.5× the national rate
Camille: 18 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Aubrey: 18 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Chelsey: 16 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Heidi: 36 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Hilary: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kayla: 34 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Misty: 29 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lacey: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Chelsea: 39 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Tyrel: 15 babies, 24× the national rate
Tyson: 39 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Chance: 16 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Brock: 17 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Beau: 15 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Kelly: 20 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Levi: 25 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Brady: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jake: 19 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Bryce: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1985

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Jessica	236	↑1	1
2	Amanda	195	↑1	4
3	Jennifer	163	↓2	3
4	Ashley	161	–	2
5	Sarah	136	–	5
6	Megan	118	–	10
7	Heather	116	–	8
8	Stephanie	109	↑1	6
9	Amber	101	↑1	16
10	Melissa	96	↓2	11
11	Amy	92	–	20
12	Nicole	86	–	7
13	Rachel	83	↑3	13
14	Danielle	76	↑10	18
15	Emily	76	↑5	24
16	Sara	73	↑10	30
17	Elizabeth	71	–	9
18	Katie	69	↑4	39
19	Michelle	68	↑6	22
20	Rebecca	68	↓6	25
21	Tiffany	62	↑2	23
22	Kimberly	58	↓4	19
23	Angela	56	↓8	31
24	Brittany	54	↑20	17
25	Laura	54	↑4	14
26	Erin	49	↑2	26
27	Crystal	46	↓14	21
28	Katherine	46	↑8	32
29	Andrea	44	↓10	33
30	Jamie	43	↓9	27
31	Tara	42	↓4	51
32	Anna	41	↑9	54
33	Christina	41	↓3	12
34	Lindsay	40	–	40
35	Chelsea	39	↓4	75
36	Samantha	38	new	29
37	Alicia	37	↑1	45
38	Courtney	36	new	43
39	Heidi	36	↓2	>100
40	Jenna	36	new	50
41	Kathryn	36	↓1	48
42	Krystal	36	new	53
43	Mary	36	↓4	35
44	Kelly	35	new	28
45	Kayla	34	new	>100
46	Kristin	34	↓4	49
47	Brandi	33	new	69
48	Lisa	33	↓16	36
49	Holly	32	↓16	56
50	Cassandra	31	↓3	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Michael	230	–	1
2	Joshua	203	↑1	4
3	Christopher	196	↑1	2
4	Matthew	189	↓2	3
5	Daniel	159	↑1	5
6	David	141	↑1	6
7	Jacob	141	↑6	35
8	Ryan	134	↓3	12
9	Brandon	133	↑2	13
10	Nicholas	133	↑7	19
11	Kyle	130	↑22	27
12	Tyler	126	–	43
13	Andrew	123	↑3	11
14	James	122	↓6	7
15	Justin	116	↓6	15
16	Joseph	115	↑5	10
17	Robert	114	↓7	8
18	John	112	↓3	9
19	Cody	107	↑1	52
20	Jason	107	↓6	14
21	Benjamin	105	↓2	31
22	Zachary	101	↑15	39
23	Aaron	89	↑11	33
24	Adam	89	↓6	22
25	Brian	89	↓2	18
26	Travis	85	↓1	46
27	Eric	84	↓1	21
28	Dustin	80	↓6	41
29	Steven	79	↓1	24
30	William	77	↓6	16
31	Nathan	69	–	40
32	Timothy	69	↑9	26
33	Jeremy	68	↓6	30
34	Jesse	63	↑8	51
35	Jonathan	62	↑4	17
36	Anthony	61	↑2	20
37	Thomas	61	↓5	25
38	Jared	59	↓2	58
39	Mark	57	↑4	32
40	Jeffrey	56	↓11	29
41	Kevin	56	↓1	23
42	Scott	55	↓12	44
43	Bryan	53	new	48
44	Richard	53	–	28
45	Sean	52	new	38
46	Casey	47	↓1	86
47	Derek	47	↓12	56
48	Jordan	47	↑2	62
49	Chad	45	↓3	57
50	Trevor	45	new	>100

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